Florence Nightingale: The lady with the stats

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From Fiona Cassie: It is the last days of the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife so am re-sharing an article on why Florence Nightingale maybe should be known as the ‘lady with the stats’ rather than the ‘lady with the lamp’. Also check out link below to why Nightingale’s statements on colonisation and indigenous people meant NZNO decided to celebrate other nurses on Florence’s 200^th birthday this year.